I've made many standard definition home DVD's with disc menus using Premiere Elements 9. Now that I'm using a high definition video camera I'm interested in trying the Blu Ray option. As a starting point I decided to export a project using the "Computer" option under the "Share" menu. Under the "Computer" option I selected H.264 1920x1080i 30. The rendering process was completed without error, however, there are no disc menus, scene buttons etc. Is this to be expected? If I burn a project directly to a Blu Ray disc will I see the same result or will disc menus be present?

In PrE, the way to check the DVD is to Burn to Folder, rather than Burn to Dics. This will create the VIDEO_TS folder, with those IFO, BUP and VOB files, the necessary parts of a DVD.

With a DVD, the first VOB will have any Menus, and all navigation, plus the first part of the MPEG-2 media file. The rest of the VOB's will have the other segments of the MPEG-2 (in the VOB container), and will span the full Duration of the Timeline.

That VIDEO_TS folder can be viewed in a DVD software player, like CyberLink PowerDVD, MediaPlayer Classic HC, or similar, plus can also be burned to disc, with utilities, like the great, free ImgBurn.

If one does a plain Share/Export, then all they get is the AV file of the Timeline, without any Menus, or navigation - just an AV file, that can be played in any number of media players.